#BD9A3E#BD9A3E

#BD9A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A3E
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 2.95, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 51.62, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0042 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.117 88)
XYZ	xyz(33.4132, 34.2799, 9.4133)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A3E #3E61BD

analogous

#BD5B3E #BD9A3E #A1BD3E

triadic

#BD9A3E #3EBD9A #9A3EBD

tetradic

#BD9A3E #3EBD5B #3E61BD #BD3EA1

square

#BD9A3E #3EBD5B #3E61BD #BD3EA1

split-complementary

#BD9A3E #3EA1BD #5B3EBD

monochromatic

#614F20 #8F742F #BD9A3E #CEB36A #DDCA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD9A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A3E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A3E	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b778',
    500: '#bd9a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a3e;
$custom-light: #d4b778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.701,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.34278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A3E

secondary

#8E9EC9

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A3E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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